Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-25

over the Schuylkill river at Philadelphia
Friday morning, and was promptly ar
rested and held for trial.
The commissioners of Cook county, ILL.,,
are suspected of being responsible for
about 81 100000 shortage in the public
treasury. One is in Canada on alleged
private business. and the other two are
at home. Nobody but the district-attor-
ney openly charges them with guilt.
Judge Thomas NJ. Joseph of Galveston,
for several years treasurer of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows of Texas, confesses
that he is 1923 900 short in his accounts.
This embraces the entire fund belonging
to the lodge. Joseph says he lost the
money nearly four years ago in mining
speculations.
Rev. Charles w. Ward, rector of the
Protestant Episcopal church, Engle-
wood, New Jersey, in fit of mental
alteration shot his wife early Tuesday
morning, fired once without effect at his
little daughter and then turned his pis-
tol upon himself. A part of the wife's
face where the bullet struck is paralyzed.
Both may recover, but the chances point
decidedly the other way.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad company has equipped two pas
senger trains between Chicago and Mil
waukee with apparatus for heating by
steam from the locomotives. The expert
ment has so far proved successful, but it
has not yet had the test of severe wealth
er. The company is also building an
iron heating car, to carry boiler for
generating steam for heating the train
and to run next to the engine
The Cincinnati police have arrested
man believed to be the notorious pincher
who has recently frightened and hurt
women in New Orleans, Louisville and
that city. About week ago the fellow
: arrived and at once began to attack
women in the street after nightfall,
pnching them severely on the arms, face
= and legs. His depredatons caused con-
. siderable excitement, but he disappeared
l for a day or two. Miss Ella Maloney
a was viciously pinched by a strange man
: who had followed her Saturday. She
pointed him out to the police and the fell
low was locked up. He gave his name
as Charles Z. Baker, aged "a, of Newark,
NJ.
= The Central Traffic association and
ia Of
met Friday at Commissioner Fink's office.
:, New York, to consider the interstate
commerce bill 1t was decided to recall
all passes, and to make no determinations
=, in rates except to ministers and mission
aries. Resolutions were adopted to re-
wise freight rates and classification and
ii passenger fares to conform to the law
l. and appointing committees to prepare
rules and regulations for properly carry
: ing out the provisions of the law, these
tons within the territory of the Joint COM
ID mittee to secure uniformity in classifca-
n tons and rules.
a large cave has been discovered in
-'i'ti 1ii'ii NouhtNs hNHtuNhs a. Iul liui GA
a ploration of which developed the fact
that was made up of many rooms of great
n extent, which may rival in attractions and
size the famous mammoth cave. a COM
plete exploration cannot be made until
!. after some blasting has been done. In
one of the chambers entered was found
two human skeletons, about 5000 in coin
and a quantity of silverware. The cave
le is believed to have been the hiding place
y during the late war of guerrillas, possibly
"Bloody Bill Brady's gang of marauders.
S who terrorized that neighborhood. They
in were attacked near Benton, Marshall
c. county, and all but two of the band kill
ed. 1t is believed that these two fled to
Of the cave, quarrelled over division of the
Is spoils and shot and killed each other.